Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 Aug. 2023)

This is a round-up of open access materials produced by authors based in the Global South (GS) and other geographic areas that are less well-represented in the domain of scholarly forced migration literature. Generally, articles are included if either the lead author or at least half of the co-authors are based in the GS. These references are organized by type of open access. The OA items herein were previously referenced on this blog as of 1 August 2023.

Bronze OA: 

"Gender and Forced Displacement in Humanitarian Policy Discourse: The Missing Link," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 2 Aug. 2023

- Authors (7) = Sri Lanka (lead), UK (2), Kurdistan-Iraq (1), Pakistan (2), No location indicated (1)

"Gender, Migration and Environment in the MENA: Vulnerabilities, Frameworks and Ways Forward," Journal of Migration Affairs, vol. V, nos. 1-2 (Sept. 22 & March 2023)

- Authors (2) = Lebanon (lead), Italy

Diamond OA:

"Access and Politics of Higher Education for Refugees: Comparative Contexts from Uganda and Ethiopia," African Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 12, no. 2 (2023)

- Authors (2) = South Africa (lead), Uganda

"The Closure of the Brazilian-Venezuelan Border during the COVID-19 Pandemic: International Law Analysis of Ordinance No. 120 of March 2020," Revista Direito e Práxis, vol. 14, no. 2 (April-June 2023)

- Authors (4) = Brazil

"Determinants of Return Migration Decision among Ethiopian International Returnees of Addis Ababa: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods of Returnees," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (2023)

- Authors (3) = Ethiopia

"Efficiency of the Settlement Influence by Settlement Patterns at the Zaatari Camp, Jordan," International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development D: Planning Assessment, vol. 11, no. 3 (2023)

- Authors (2) = Jordan

"Language Variances in Defining Young Women in Northern Uganda Humanitarian Settings," International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (2023)

- Authors (2) = Uganda 

"Reflexiones sobre la construcción del tráfico de migrantes en Colombia a partir del caso de Urabá,"  Secuencia, no. 116 (Mayo-Agosto 2023)

- Authors (4) = Colombia

Gold OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) and other fees are indicated below; waivers are generally offered by gold OA journals but the waiver status of the authors listed below is unknown.

"'Africans, we know how to adapt indeed': Adaptations to Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services in Humanitarian Settings in Nigeria during the COVID-19 Pandemic," PLOS Global Public Health 3(7): e0002104 (July 2023) 

- Authors (12) = US (2, incl. lead), Cameroon (4), Nigeria (6)

- APC = USD 1931

"Anxiety among Central American Migrants in Mexico: A Cumulative Vulnerability," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 6 (March 2023)

- Authors (6) = Mexico (4, incl. lead), US (2)

- APC = CHF 2500

"Are We Seeing the Unseen of Human Trafficking? A Retrospective Analysis of the CTDC k-anonymized Global Victim of Trafficking Data Pool in the Period 2010–2020," PLoS ONE 18(4): e0284762 (April 2023)

- Authors (10) = Jordan (8, incl. lead), Saudi Arabia (1), Jordan/Sweden (1)

- APC = USD 1931

"Factors Contributing to the High Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence among South Sudanese Refugee Women in Ethiopia," BMC Public Health, 23:1418 (July 2023)

- Authors (5) = Ethiopia

- APC = USD 2990

"Incidence of Child Marriage among Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in the Middle East and South Asia: Evidence from Six Cross-sectional Surveys," BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 6 (June 2023)

- Authors (11) = US (5, incl. lead), UK/Yemen (1), Bangladesh (1), Lebanon (1), Kurdistan Region of Iraq (1), Djibouti (1), Nepal (1)

- APC = GBP 2060

"Postcolonial Lessons and Migration from Climate Change: Ongoing Injustice and Hope," npj Climate Action, 2:22 (Aug. 2023)

- Authors (4) = Fiji (3, incl. lead), Australia (1)

- APC = EUR 1060

"Rethinking Solutions for Protracted Refugee Situation: A Case Study of the Buduburam Refugee Camp Closure in Ghana," Scientific African, vol. 21 (Sept. 2023)

- Authors (2) = Australia (lead), Ghana 

- APC = USD 500

"Rural Displacement and Its Implications on Livelihoods and Food Insecurity: The Case of Inter-Riverine Communities in Somalia," Agriculture, vol. 13, no. 7 (July 2023)

- Authors (2) = Lebanon (lead), Canada

- APC = CHF 2600

Green OA:

"Need for a National Legislation on Refugees in India at 75," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, vol. 78, no. 2 (June 2022) 

- Postprint version deposited in the O.P. Jindal Global University IR

- Authors (2) = India

Hybrid OA:

Note: Article processing charges (APCs) are indicated below; waivers are not available for hybrid OA APCs.

"The Evolution of the Gulf States as Humanitarian Donors," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 10 July 2023

- Authors (2) = Qatar

- APC = USD 3710

"Promise, Premise, and Reality: The Case of Voluntary Environmental Non-migration Despite Climate Risks in Coastal Bangladesh," Regional Environmental Change, vol. 22, no. 1 (2022) 

- Authors (6) = Bangladesh (2, incl. lead), Japan (4)

- APC = USD 3590

"Qatar’s Approach Across the Triple Nexus in Conflict-affected Contexts: The Case of Darfur," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 5 June 2023

- Author = Qatar

- APC = USD 3710

"A Review of Drivers of Environmental Non-migration Decisions in Africa," Regional Environmental Change, vol. 22, no. 4 (2022) 

- Authors (2) = Cameroon (lead), Germany/Cameroon

- APC = USD 3710

Books/Book chapters:

"Border Citizenships: Justice and Hospitality in the Border Region Between Colombia and Venezuela," Chapter in Imagining the Other: Mimetic Theory, Migration, Exclusionary Politics, and the Ambiguous Other (Innsbruck University Press, 2023)

- Author = Colombia

Movilidades, Control Fronterizo y Luchas Migrantes (CLACSO/Siglo XXI, April 2023)

- Editors (3) = Argentina, Ecuador, Mexico

"Theo-Political Challenges Concerning the Relations of Somali Migration in Kenya: An Exploration of the Dynamics at the Core of Imagining 'the Other'," Chapter in Imagining the Other: Mimetic Theory, Migration, Exclusionary Politics, and the Ambiguous Other (Innsbruck University Press, 2023)

- Author = Kenya

"We Are Not All in the Same Boat: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Context of COVID-19," Chapter in Global Perspectives of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health, Education, and Role of Media (Springer, Aug. 2023)

- Authors (4) = India/US (lead), US (3)

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Global South Authors (31 July 2023)

Opportunities: More Sept. & New Oct. 2023

Call for participation: Meet the editors: How to get published in the International Journal of Refugee Law [info]

- Two webinars have been scheduled to help "demystify the publication process and share insights on what editors and reviewers look for in a manuscript." Sign up for the 13 September 2023 session or the 21 September 2023 session. 

Call for expressions of interest: Protection and Economic Inclusion of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Israel, UNHCR [info]

- Application deadline is 14 September 2023.

Webinar: Strengthening Refugee Engagement in Community Sponsorship Programmes, 14 September 2023 [info]

Call for registration: 20th Annual Immigration Law and Policy Conference, Washington, DC & Online, 18 September 2023 [info]

Call for applications: Statelessness Intensive Course, Online, 14-20 February 2024 [info]

- Apply by 30 September 2023. Offered by the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness.

CFP: Statelessness and Citizenship Review [info]

- Submission deadline is 1 October 2023.

Call for applications: Visiting Fellowships, Refugee Studies Centre [info]

- Apply by 2 October 2023.

Save the date: Climate-Induced Displacement in the Middle East and North Africa Workshop, Beirut, 9-10 October 2023 [info]

- Registration details are not yet available.

Meeting: 74th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme, Geneva, 9-13 October 2023 [info]

Call for registration: Advanced ELENA Course 2023 on International Protection in Europe, Barcelona, 10-11 November 2023 [info]

- Register by 15 October 2023.

CFP: "Middle East Migration Studies: Taking Stock, Plotting New Paths" Workshop, Raleigh, NC, 16-18 May 2024 [info]

- Submit abstracts by 15 October 2023.

Related post:

- Opportunities: New August & September 2023

Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters

Reports & short pieces:

Climate Mobility Africa Insights (Climate Mobility Africa Research Network) [access]

-  "[A] collection of policy briefs and fact sheets, providing up-to-date analysis of key law and policy issues relating to climate mobility in Africa." Available in English and French. See also related news release.

Disastrous Displacement: The Long-Run Impacts of Landslides, Policy Research Working Paper, no. 10535 (World Bank, Aug. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Uganda.

Helping People Displaced by Climate Change in International Law (G20 Interfaith Forum, Aug. 2023) [text]

Integrating displaced populations into national climate change policy and planning (IOM & UNEP, Aug. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons: Climate Change and Internal Displacement (Climate Refugees, June 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"We left after losing everything": The impact of drought on climate-related displacement in Ethiopia and Somalia (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Explaining Climate Change Induced Human Mobility: Revisiting Traditional and Emerging Migration Theories in the Wake of Regularising Climate Change Induced Human Mobility under International Law," Acta Humana, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

"A future agenda for research on climate change and human mobility," International Migration, Early View, 14 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"In Support of the Debate on the Terminology Related to the Terms Climate Refugees, Climate Migrants, Environmentally Displaced Persons and Similar Terms," EU and Comparative Law Issues and Challenges Series, vol. 7 (2023) [open access]

"Introduction: Environmental (im)mobilities: Improving the evidence base for effective policy making," International Migration, Early View, 29 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Migration and climate change: The role of social protection," Climate Risk Management, vol. 39 (2023) [open access]

"Postcolonial lessons and migration from climate change: ongoing injustice and hope," npj Climate Action, 2:22 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

"Research in environmentally induced human mobility: an analysis of methodological and theoretical dimensions," International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, EarlyCite, 27 June 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

Providing Refuge for Climate Refugees in International Law, 10 Aug. 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Climate Change & Disasters (3 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Education

Opportunity:

Call for applications: Graduate Horizons [info]

- A newly-launched "global application support programme for prospective students who have been affected by displacement, e.g., as refugees, asylum seekers, IDPs, and stateless, among other categories. ...[It] is designed for students who have completed (or will soon complete) a bachelor’s degree and are interested in submitting applications for master's or PhD degrees that are set to begin in late 2024 at the University of Oxford and at other universities across the world." Apply by 17 September 2023. An information session will be held 7 September 2023.

Reports & journal articles:

"Access and politics of higher education for refugees: Comparative contexts from Uganda and Ethiopia," African Journal of Teacher Education, vol. 12, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Creating Educational Borderlands: Civic Learning in a Syrian School in Lebanon," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 15 June 2023 [postprint]

- Note: Access to the full-text is embargoed until 15 June 2025.

Education on hold: Addressing barriers to learning among refugee children and youth from Ukraine -  challenges and recommendations, Education Policy Brief (UNHCR, Sept. 2023) [text]

“I Don’t Have a Future”: Stateless Kuwaitis and the Right to Education (Amnesty International, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Investigating the Role of Identity Documents in Refugees’ Access to Education in South Africa," Southern African Journal of Policy and Development, vol. 7, no. 1 (2023) [full-text]

"A Multi-Method Profiling of Adult Refugees and Migrants in an L2 Non-Formal Educational Setting: Language Needs Analysis, Linguistic Portraits, and Identity Texts," Societies, vol. 13, no. 8 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Greece.

"Protection in Refugee Education: Teachers’ Socio-Political Practices in Classrooms in Jordan," Anthropology & Education Quarterly, vol. 54, no. 1 (2023) [postprint]

"Teaching Humanitarian Action: NOHA Joint Master’s Programme at 30," Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 8:8 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Education (21 July 2023)

Admin: Short Break

 This blog will be quiet for a few days.

Regional Focus: Africa

Short pieces:

Africa-Europe migration deals cost lives and undercut democracy (ISS Today, Aug. 2023) [text]

*African Conflicts Displace Over 40 Million People (Africa Center for Strategic Studies, Aug. 2023) [text]

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Unheard Humanitarian Crisis (Just Security Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

East Africa Must Find Consensus on Its Growing Migration Crisis (ISS Today, Aug. 2023) [text]

"‘Every checkpoint could be your last’: The perilous road to safety for Darfuri refugees," The New Humanitarian, 15 Aug. 2023 [text]

Niger coup: increasing instability, forced displacement & irregular migration across the Sahel (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2023) [text]

"'There’s no future in this IDP camp': Why Somalia’s crisis needs a rethink," The New Humanitarian, 17 Aug. 2023 [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"'Africans, we know how to adapt indeed': Adaptations to family planning and reproductive health services in humanitarian settings in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic," PLOS Glob Public Health 3(7): e0002104 (July 2023) [open access]

"Applying the ‘Ceased Circumstances’ Cessation Clause: More Politics than Law?," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 17 Aug. 2023 [open access]

- Draws "on a detailed history of the ‘ceased circumstances’ cessation clause that was invoked for Eritrean refugees in 2002."

"Determinants of Return Migration Decision among Ethiopian International Returnees of Addis Ababa: Implications for Sustainable Livelihoods of Returnees," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

More than borders: Effects of EU interventions on migration in the Sahel (Institute for Security Studies, Aug. 2023) [text]

Refugee and migrant youth in Sudan: Profiles, access to income, protection risks and assistance needs (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2023) [text]

Return to a Displaced Nation: The Sudan Crisis and South Sudan’s Returnees (Refugees International, July 2023) [text]

Unwanted and unprotected: Displaced Eritreans caught by conflict, crisis, and cruelty (US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, Aug. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

*UPDATED

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Africa (8 Aug. 2023)

Regional Focus: Asia Pacific

Short pieces:

Australia Should Prioritize Humanitarian Visas for Afghans (Human Rights Watch, Aug. 2023) [text]

Refugee protection in India and the country’s relationship to the global refugee regime (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Feb. 2023) [text]

Refugee rights in Japan are fading fast (East Asia Forum, Aug. 2023) [text]

Six years since the Rohingya refugee influx in Bangladesh, UNHCR appeals for sustained support and solutions (UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [text]

- See also related press release.

Reports & journal articles:

Asia-Pacific Migration Data Report 2022 (IOM, Aug. 2023) [text]

Imagined Future: The Struggle of Refugees in Thailand’s Temporary Refuge (Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network et al., Aug. 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

Inception Report: Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan (Inter-Agency Standing Committee, June 2023) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Need for a National Legislation on Refugees in India at 75," India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, vol. 78, no. 2 (June 2022) [postprint]

Protection risks in Malaysia among Afghan, Bangladeshi, Indonesian, Chin and Rohingya people (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Refugee Mobilization in the Nepal–India Borderlands: Porosity as Opportunity," Journal of Refugee Studies, Advance Articles, 8 Aug. 2023 [open access]

Multimedia:

Uncertainty in forced maritime migration: Studying the journeys of Rohingya and Vietnamese 'boat people', 1 Aug. 2023 [access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Asia Pacific (31 July 2023)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 2

Journal articles & book chapters:

"Child Poverty among Refugees," World Development, vol. 171 (Nov. 2023) [preprint]

- Focuses on East Africa. See also related summary note and press release.

"Children’s mobility across the EU governance of unauthorized migration as a game of chutes and ladders: Evidence from Libya, Italy, Greece and Belgium," Chapter in Research Handbook on Irregular Migration (Edward Elgar, 2023) [ResearchGate]

"The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic 'Crisis' on Unaccompanied Minors Navigating US Removal Proceedings," Social Sciences, vol. 12, no. 7 (June 2023) [open access]

"The Endless Vulnerability of Migrant Children In-Transit across the Darién Gap," American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Ahead of Print, 24 July 2023 [ResearchGate]

"Evaluation of Eltern-Aktiv – A Culture-Sensitive Parenting Program for Refugee Families in Germany," Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Latest Articles, 19 July 2023 [preprint]

"In search of children's best interest," International Migration, vol. 61, no. 2 (April 2023) [open access]

"Incidence of child marriage among refugees and internally displaced persons in the Middle East and South Asia: evidence from six cross-sectional surveys," BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 6 (June 2023) [open access]

"'You hold your life in your hands until you arrive in another country': young Afghans seeking onward mobility from Greece," Ethnic and Racial Studies, Latest Articles, 28 June 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1 (21 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Children & Families - Pt. 1

Reports:

Crossing for a Future: Children Migrating Through the Darién Gap (USCRI, Aug. 2023) [text]

Family separation and family reunion for refugees: a reform proposal (SCALES Community Legal Centre, June 2023) [text via APO]

- Focuses on Australia.

Understanding the role of family reunification within mixed movements in Sudan (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2023) [text]

Understanding the role of family reunification within mixed movements in Tunisia (Mixed Migration Centre, Aug. 2023) [text]

“Without papers, there is no life”: Legal barriers in access to protection for unaccompanied children in Greece (Save the Children & Greek Council for Refugees, July 2023) [text]

Resource:

Rights & Realities of Forcibly Displaced Children & Youth in South Africa: A Handbook (Lawyers for Human Rights, Jan. 2023) [text]

- "The purpose of this handbook is to provide a detailed guide to the law relating to Forcibly Displaced Children and Youth (FDCY), their rights, and their access to public services, and their lived realities. The handbook is meant to be a living document. It is intended to map out application of these laws and policies to demonstrate how laws and policies are impacting the lives of FDCY. It should be seen as a source of information that aims to point out the failings of our system regarding the protection of FDCY and the unlawfulness of some aspects of their lived experiences." 

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Children & Families (17 July 2023)

Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling

Short pieces:

"How a local gang used Venezuela’s migrant crisis to forge a sex trafficking empire," The New Humanitarian, 8 Aug. 2023 [text]

- Focuses on Peru.

How the UK's new immigration law will put more people at risk of modern slavery (The Conversation, Aug. 2023) [text]

Human trafficking in the spotlight: Interview with expert Luigi Achilli (European Univ. Institute, July 2023) [text]

"Reporters’ diary: How governments get people smuggling wrong," The New Humanitarian, 18 July 2023 [text]

Smugglers or refugees? The growing prosecution of refugees in Europe (ODI Insights, Aug. 2023) [text]

The War Against Human Traffickers in Libya (Sada Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Journal articles:

"Are we seeing the unseen of human trafficking? A retrospective analysis of the CTDC k-anonymized global victim of trafficking data pool in the period 2010–2020," PLoS ONE 18(4): e0284762 (April 2023) [open access]

"Exacerbating Pre-Existing Vulnerabilities: An Analysis of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Human Trafficking in Sudan," Human Rights Review, Latest Articles, 11 May 2023 [open access]

"Gendered impacts of the war in Ukraine: identifying potential, presumed or actual women victims of trafficking at the Italian borders," Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 30 June 2023 [open access]

"Reflexiones sobre la construcción del tráfico de migrantes en Colombia a partir del caso de Urabá,"  Secuencia, no. 116 (Mayo-Agosto 2023) [open access]

"Seeking Protection: The Interplay of Human Trafficking and the Refugee Space in Hong Kong," Michigan State International Law Review, vol. 31, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Human Trafficking & Smuggling (14 July 2023)

Thematic Focus: Solutions

Short pieces:

The EU Can't Treat Ukrainian Refugees Like Short-Term Visitors (RAND Blog, July 2023) [text]

"Two years on, what has happened to Afghan evacuees?," The New Humanitarian, 10 Aug. 2023 [text]

Reports:

Homes for Ukraine: learnings to inform and shape future hosting schemes  (Univ. of Nottingham, March 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the UK. See also executive summary and related blog post.

Is Australia’s Response to Refugees Generous?: An analysis of UNHCR Global Trends statistics from 2013 to 2022 (Refugee Council of Australia, Aug. 2023) [text]

Leading by Example: US Refugee Policy at Home and Abroad (Wilson Center, July 2023) [text]

Private Refugee Sponsorship in Canada: Sharing the Lessons of a Good Practice, Working Paper, no. 49 (KNOMAD, July 2023) [text]

UNHCR Recommendations to the European Union, Resettlement Needs, Complementary Pathways, Key Priorities for 2024 (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]

Welcoming Afghans: Lessons from Operation Warm Welcome (More in Common, Aug. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the UK. See also related BBC News article.

Journal articles:

"The Critical Bridge of Refugee Community Leadership to Enhance Belonging in Australia," Journal of Leadership Studies, Early View, 2 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Discrimination in the private rental market in Australia: large families from refugee backgrounds," Housing Studies, Latest Articles, 8 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Humanitarian bargains: private refugee sponsorship and the limits of humanitarian reason," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 18 Aug. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Canada.

"Institutional Entanglements: How Institutional Knots and Reverberating Consequences Burden Refugee Families," RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences, vol. 9, no. 4 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

- Focuses on Congolese refugees resettled in the United States.

"Refugees' language learning and career aspirations: An agentic lens," Journal of International Management, In Press, 14 Aug. 2023 [open access]

- Focuses on Finland.

"Standardizing Refuge: Pipelines and Pathways in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program," American Sociological Review, vol. 88, no. 4 (2023) [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Solutions (3 Aug. 2023)

Regional Focus: United States

Short pieces:

Biden’s answer to Mexican border crisis might slow crossings but is not winning support (The Conversation, Aug. 2023) [text]

CBP’s Continued ‘Turnbacks’ are Sending Asylum Seekers Back to Lethal Danger (Immigration Impact Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

- See also related press release.

"New U.S. fast-track immigration program found neither fast nor fair," Harvard Gazette, 2 Aug. 2023 [text]

Requesting Asylum is not an Illegal Act (ImmigrationProf Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

2023 Supplement to the Seventh Edition of Immigration and Refugee Law and Policy (Foundation Press, 2023) [SSRN]

Abuses at the U.S.- Mexico Border: How to Address Failures and Protect Rights (Washington Office on Latin America, Aug. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and Spanish. See also related UN News story.

The Changing Make-Up of Immigration Court Cases Now That Title 42 Has Ended (TRAC, Aug. 2023) [text]

A Close Look at the Geography of Border Patrol Arrests: How a Spike in Annual Arrests Along U.S.-Mexico Border Hides Remarkable Variation by Sector and Nationality (TRAC, Aug. 2023) [text]

Leading by Example: US Refugee Policy at Home and Abroad (Wilson Center, July 2023) [text]

"Quantitative Data Availability and Measurement of US Immigrant and Immigration Policies: IMR Methods Note," International Migration Review, OnlineFirst, 10 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Revisiting the policy implications of COVID‐19, asylum seekers, and migrants on the Mexico–U.S. border: Creating (and maintaining) states of exception in the Trump and Biden administrations," Politics & Policy, vol. 51, no. 3 (June 2023) [free full-text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: United States (2 Aug. 2023)

Regional Focus: MENA

Short pieces:

Impossible choices and routine tragedies: The Syrian refugee crisis at 13 (MEI, Aug. 2023) [text]

The Plight and Politics of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Arab Center Washington DC, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Tunisia and Libya take 276 migrants stranded in desert border region, bring them to shelters," Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023 [text]

UN Security Council fails Syrian people with cross-border resolution collapse (MSF, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports & book chapters:

Conflict, Crisis and Migration: Maritime Irregular Migration from Lebanon Since 2019 (Friedrich Naumann Foundation, May 2023) [text]

An overview of knowledge ecosystems on forced displacement in the Middle East: Examples from Lebanon and Jordan (American Univ. of Beirut, 2023) [text]

Sudan in Crisis: Improving the Response for Sudanese Refugees in Egypt (Refugees International, July 2023) [text]

Understanding Syrian Refugee Wellbeing: Longitudinal insights from a panel study in Jordan (Univ. of California, Berkeley, July 2023) [access]

"Violence, Political Instabilities and Large-Scale Migrations in the MENA Region: Libyan, Syrian, and Yemeni Cases in Regional Perspective," Chapter in The Post-American Middle East: How the World Changed Where the War on Terror Failed (Palgrave Macmillan, June 2023) [ResearchGate]

- Scroll to p. 145.

Journal articles:

"Efficiency of the Settlement Influence by Settlement Patterns at the Zaatari Camp, Jordan," International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development D: Planning Assessment, vol. 11, no. 3 (2023) [open access]

"Health aid displacement during a decade of conflict (2011–19) in Syria: an exploratory analysis," BMC Public Health, 23:1562 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

"How Do Consociations Craft Asylum Policy? Lebanon’s Response to Conflict-Induced Displacement as an Exploratory Case," International Studies Quarterly, vol. 67, no. 3 (Sept. 2023) [open access]

"Israel’s Asylum Regime: The Inconsistencies with National and International Duties," Michigan State International Law Review, vol. 31, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

"Qatar’s approach across the Triple Nexus in conflict-affected contexts: the case of Darfur," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 5 June 2023 [open access]

"Saudi Arabia’s foreign aid: the singularity of Yemen as a case study," Third World Quarterly, Latest Articles, 14 July 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (27 July 2023)

Regional Focus: Americas

Short pieces:

Displaced Haitians Face Greater Risks in Improvised Sites (IOM, Aug. 2023) [access]

- Includes links to a number of related reports on Haitian displacement.

From caminantes to community builders: how migrants in Ecuador support each other in their journeys (Bliss Blog, June 2023) [text]

Migraciones y ACNUR firman acuerdo interinstitucional para impulsar la regularización migratoria (UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [text]

- Focuses on Peru.

UNHCR and IOM call for greater regional cooperation as a record of 250,000 people cross the Darien jungle by foot (UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [text]

- See also Spanish version.

**Visit the weekly Americas Migration Brief for a much more extensive round-up of news and publications.

New open access book & book chapters:

"Border citizenships: Justice and hospitality in the border region between Colombia and Venezuela," Chapter in Imagining the Other: Mimetic Theory, Migration, Exclusionary Politics, and the Ambiguous Other (Innsbruck University Press, 2023) [open access]

Movilidades, Control Fronterizo y Luchas Migrantes (CLACSO/Siglo XXI, April 2023) [open access]

- "Más allá de la diversificación de los movimientos migratorios y de sus destinos, estamos asistiendo a cambios fundamentales en las dinámicas de las movilidades. ¿Cómo entender la relación entre Estados, regímenes de control fronterizo y disciplinamiento de las poblaciones? ¿Cómo se articulan las migraciones con otras dimensiones de la desigualdad y exclusión? ¿Cuáles han sido las formas de resistencia en las migraciones contemporáneas en el continente? Este libro examina las variadas formas en que se han manifestado las tensiones y conflictos entre los movimientos de migración y la instauración de regímenes de control en diversos contextos y experiencias migratorias en la región en los últimos diez años desde miradas y metodologías antropológicas, sociológicas y politológicas."

"We Are Not All in the Same Boat: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Context of COVID-19," Chapter in Global Perspectives of COVID-19 Pandemic on Health, Education, and Role of Media (Springer, Aug. 2023) [open access]

- "This chapter presents a case study that looks at the experiences of asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border through the lens of a non-governmental organization (NGO) volunteer who has been working in the region throughout the pandemic."

Reports & journal articles:

"Anxiety among Central American Migrants in Mexico: A Cumulative Vulnerability," International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 20, no. 6 (March 2023) [open access]

"The closure of the Brazilian-Venezuelan border during the covid-19 pandemic: international law analysis of ordinance no. 120 of March 2020," Revista Direito e Práxis, vol. 14, no. 2 (April-June 2023) [open access]

Data Report: Trends in Caribbean Migration and Mobility (IOM, July 2023) [text]

"Food Insecurity among Haitian Migrants Living in Brazil," Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Latest Articles, 2 May 2023 [free full-text]

Hopes, Fears, and Illusions: Notes from the field - How Migrants Assess Risk and Process Information on their Journey to El Norte (Tufts Univ., June 2023) [access]

Humanitarian Access SCORE Report: Haiti - Survey on the Coverage, Operational Reach, and Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid (Humanitarian Outcomes, Aug. 2023) [access]

- Follow link for report in English and French.

International Protection Considerations with Regard to People Fleeing Colombia (UNHCR, Aug. 2023) [text]

Leading by Example: Canada's Approach to Seizing Frozen Assets and Holding Corrupt Leaders to Account (World Refugee & Migration Council, June 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: Americas (29 July 2023)

New Issues of Alt. Humanit., CEEMR, Displ. Voices, Humanit. Exch., Intl. Migr., Itinerario, JEMS, JIANL, JIMI, JMHS, Mich. St. Law Rev., SCR

*Reminder: Postprints of articles published in the journals below that are marked with an asterisk can be archived/deposited in a repository immediately after publication - i.e., there is no embargo period! This allows authors to provide open access to their scholarly journal articles without having to pay costly publication fees. Please refer to this earlier blog post for more information.

Alternatives Humanitaires = Humanitarian Alternatives, no. 23 (July 2023) [Eng. full-text] [Fr. full-text]

- Issue focus is “International humanitarian law: the great step... backwards?”

Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Features two special sections, on "Beyond Integration: A Re-Evaluation of Migrant and Host Society Relations" and on "Migration Dynamics, Trajectories and Policies in the Context of Russian Full-Scale Aggression against Ukraine."

Displaced Voices: A Journal of Migration, Archives and Cultural Heritage, vol. 3, no. 1 (Spring 2023) [open access]

- Special issue on "Psychosocial Services and Interventions Including the Role of Education."

Humanitarian Exchange, no. 83 (July 2023) [full-text]

- Special issue on "Refugee participation and leadership." 

International Migration, vol. 61, no. 4 (Aug. 2023) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with nine that are open access. The five commentaries and three book reviews are also freely available.

*Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions, vol. 46, spec. issue no. 2 (2022) [contents]

- Special issue on "Forced Migration and Refugee Resettlement in the Long 1940s," with five open access articles.

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, vol. 49, no. 14 (2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Spheres of Sanctuary," with four open access articles.

Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, vol. 37, no 2 (2023) [contents]

- Mix of articles. Access the TOC via the drop-down menu on the left side.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 24, suppl. 2 (March 2023) [contents]

- Special issue on "Return Migration and Re-Integration in Shifting Geopolitics," with eight open access articles.

Journal of International Migration and Integration, vol. 24, no. 3 (Sept. 2023) [contents]

- Mix of articles, with 14 that are open access.

Journal on Migration and Human Security, vol. 11, no 2 (2023) [full-text]

- Mix of articles.

Michigan State International Law Review, vol. 31, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

- Symposium issue on "Forced Displacement: A World in Motion." See the program for more information.

Statelessness & Citizenship Review, vol. 5, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Mix of articles, commentary, case notes and book reviews.

Tagged Periodicals.

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 2 (Culture & Credibility)

Short pieces:

"Book review: Sarah C. Bishop, A Story to Save Your Life: Communication and Culture in Migrants' Search for Asylum," International Journal of Communication, vol. 17 (2023) [open access]

Possible, Probable, Plausible: What is ‘credibility’ in Refugee Status Determination? (COMPAS Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Culture, trauma, and memory in investigative interviews," Psychology, Crime & Law, Latest Articles, 9 May 2023 [open access]

"An Empirical Analysis of Credibility Assessment in German Asylum Cases," German Law Journal, vol. 24, no. 2 (March 2023) [open access]

"An Illustration of Anthropology’s Contribution to Refugee Law Research," German Law Journal, vol. 23, no. 7 (2022) [open access]

- Provides an "analysis of asylum claims in UK courts involving witchcraft-based persecution in the country of origin... ."

"A review of psycho-legal issues in credibility assessments of asylum claims based on religion," Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Latest Articles, 1 Nov. 2022 [open access]

"Storied Pasts: Credibility and Evolving Norms in Asylum Narratives 1989–2018," Law & Inequality, vol. 41, no. 2 (2023) [full-text]

To Believe or Not to Believe - Is That the Question? A Critical Study of How the Swedish Migration Courts Handle Their Responsibility to Judge in Asylum Cases, Dissertation (Gothenburg Univ., 2023) [text]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1 (14 Aug. 2023)

Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items - Pt. 1

Watch for:

Apparently, a revamped version of Refworld will be launched in the near future, as per this Standing Committee side event announcement. 

Reports & journal articles:

87th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, 14-16 June 2023 [access]

- This meeting focused on international protection and solutions and included a focus on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human  Rights. 

Denial of Non-Refoulement Protection on the Basis of Particularly Serious Criminality: The Concept of a ‘Danger to the Community’ (SSRN, Aug. 2023) [preprint]

"Epilogue: Asylum Law and Linguistic Fragility," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Latest Articles, 31 July 2023 [open access]

- Provides an overview of the contributions to a special collection on "The role of language and communication in asylum procedures."

Event Review: University of London Refugee Law Initiative Conference (International Affairs Rev. Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Migration Deals Seen through the Lens of the ICESCR," International Journal of Refugee Law, Advance Articles, 11 July 2023 [open access]

- "The article uses the examples of European migration deals with Turkey and Libya to illustrate the analysis."

"Refugee Burden-and-Responsibility Sharing: Revisiting the Debate on the Right to Compensation to Refugee-Hosting States," Michigan State International Law Review, vol. 31, no. 3 (2023) [full-text]

Multimedia:

Practitioners meet Academics: A Dialogue on Complex Protection Claims and Academic Impact in the Courtroom, 26 June 2023 [access]

- See also the programme for this workshop.

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Law/Policy Items (12 July 2023)

Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues

Short pieces:

Refugee status and asylum for women (EIN Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

UNHCR warns of mounting violence against women and girls in eastern DRC (UNHCR, July 2023) [text]

- See also related New Humanitarian article.

Reports & journal articles:

"Factors contributing to the high prevalence of intimate partner violence among south Sudanese refugee women in Ethiopia," BMC Public Health, 23:1418 (July 2023) [open access]

"Gender and Forced Displacement in Humanitarian Policy Discourse: The Missing Link," Journal on Migration and Human Security, OnlineFirst, 2 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"Gender, Migration and Environment in the MENA: Vulnerabilities, Frameworks and Ways Forward," Journal of Migration Affairs, vol. V, nos. 1-2 (Sept. 22 & March 2023) [open access]

"Group-based Protection of Afghan Women and Girls under the 1951 Refugee Convention," International & Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 72, no. 3 (July 2023) [open access]

"Immobilisation of migrant domestic worker women and their children born in Lebanon," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 8 Aug. 2023 [open access]

"In the Skies over Sofia: Place(s) in Displacement for Syrian Women in Bulgaria," Mashriq & Mahjar: Journal of Middle East and North African Migration Studies, vol. 10, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Non-Arranged Marriages Among Refugees, IZA Discussion Paper, no. 16348 (Institute of Labor Economics, July 2023) [text]

"Language Variances in Defining Young Women in Northern Uganda Humanitarian Settings," International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, vol. 14, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

"Rickety Boats to Refuge(e): Migration, Gender, and Subjectivity Among Rohingya Refugee Women," Journal of Critical Realism in Socio-Economics, vol. 1, no. 4 (July 2023) [open access]

"Towards an ethics of compassionate care in accompanying human suffering: dialogic relationships and feminist activist scholarship with asylum-seeking mothers," Journal of Global Ethics, Latest Articles, 6 June 2023 [open access]

Related post:

- Thematic Focus: Gender-related Issues (22 July 2023)

Round-up: OA Articles Published by Authors in the "Global East"

Here is another round-up of recent scholarly literature by forced migration authors affiliated with institutions based in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Baltics and the Caucasus -- additional regions that are not very well-represented in my open access coverage. Includes journal articles, journal issues, books and book chapters.

Relatedly, a workshop on "Forced migration and refugee studies in the East: Is there a need for acknowledging the Global East as yet another epistemic concept?" was held October 17-18, 2022. Check out the programme here and listen to the keynote speech here. 

Journal articles:

"Analysis of the Course of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Status of Newborns Born by Displaced Women," Актуальні проблеми сучасної медицини, vol. 23, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Azerbaijan

"China’s and Japan’s winding path to the Refugee Convention: State identity transformations and the evolving international refugee regime," Modern Asian Studies, First View, 14 April 2023 [open access]

- Authors (2) = Switzerland (lead), Russia

"The effects of traumatic experiences during transit and pushback on the mental health of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants," European Journal of Psychotraumatology, vol. 14, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Serbia

"Explaining Climate Change Induced Human Mobility: Revisiting Traditional and Emerging Migration Theories in the Wake of Regularising Climate Change Induced Human Mobility under International Law," Acta Humana, vol. 11, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Hungary

"Family Influences on Migration Intentions: The Role of Past Experience of Involuntary Immobility," Sociology, OnlineFirst, 15 Dec. 2022 [postprint]

- Authors (2) = Poland (lead), UK

"Following the EU Response to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine? The Implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive in Poland," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"From Freedom to Detention: A Systematic Analysis of Swedish Asylum Legislation," Časopis pro Právní Vědu a Praxi = Journal of Jurisprudence and Legal Practice, vol. 30, no. 4 (Dec. 2022) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Croatia

"The 'Guardian of the Treaties' is No More? The European Commission and the 2021 Humanitarian Crisis on Poland–Belarus Border," Refugee Survey Quarterly, vol. 42, no. 1 (March 2023) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"The International Refugee Organisation’s Resettlement Policy – A New Approach of the International Community to the Refugee Problem in Europe: A Case Study of DPs and Refugees from Poland," Dzieje Najnowsze, vol. 54, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

- Author = Poland

"Investment Activity and Technological Opportunities for Human Capital Development: The Case of the 'Pszukaj' Application for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland," Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska, sectio H – Oeconomia, vol. 57, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Poland (2, incl. lead), Ukraine (1)

"Legal Framework for the Protection of Ukrainian Refugees: A Comparative Study," Problems of Legality, no. 160 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Ukraine

"The legitimacy of EU migration and asylum policy among the Czech public," Sociologický časopis = Czech Sociological Review, Online First, 23 Feb. 2023 [open access]

- Authors (3) = Czech Rep.

"Modelling social inclusion, self-esteem, loneliness, psychological distress, and psychological resilience of refugees: Does hospitableness matter?," Journal of Business Research, vol. 162 (July 2023) [open access]

- Authors (5) = UK (2, incl. lead), Slovak Rep. (2), Turkey (1)

"New migration policies and innovative practices: Slovenia between bordering and inclusion," Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, vol. 36, no. 2 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Slovenia

"On the Refugee Needs: A Holistic Approach," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 16, no. 2 (2022) [open access]

- Author = Romania

"Polish Response to the War in Ukraine: The Protection of Refugees," Syracuse Law Review, vol. 73, no. 2 (2022-2023) [full-text]

- Authors (2) = Poland

"Political Participation in the Context of Contemporary Media: The Case of Refugees in Lithuania," EUREKA: Social and Humanities, vol. 6 (2022) [open access]

- Author = Lithuania

"Protection of Rights of Internally Displaced Persons amid Military Aggression in Ukraine," The Age of Human Rights Journal, vol. 20 (2023) [open access]

- Authors (4) = Ukraine

"Refugees, IDPs or just Ukrainians? Local Online Media and Perceptions of Donbas Internally Displaced Persons (2014–2018)," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Ukraine

"The Rights of Refugees from Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova," Eastern European Journal for Regional Studies, vol. 9, no. 1 (June 2023) [open access]

- Author = Moldova

"The role of fear, closeness, and norms in shaping help towards war refugees," Scientific Reports, 13:1465 (Jan. 2023) [open access]

- Authors (5) = Poland

"The Situation of Forced Migrants from Ukraine in Europe after Russian Military Aggression and the Problems of Ukraine’s Migration Policy in These New Conditions," Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Ukraine

"Support for Ukrainian refugees after Russia's invasion of Ukraine: aid structure and resilience factors. Case studies of Lublin and Lutsk," European Societies, Latest Articles, 14 May 2023 [open access]

- Authors (5) = Poland (2, incl. lead), Ukraine (3)

"They will (not) deceive us! The role of agentic and communal national narcissism and Russian disinformation in shaping the attitudes to Ukrainian refugees in Poland," Personality and Individual Differences, vol. 208 (July 2023) [preprint]

- Authors (5) = Poland (4, incl. lead), Poland/Italy (1)

"Trapped in the underground economy: Syrian refugees in the informal labour market in Turkey," Third World Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 5 (2023) [open access]

- Author = Slovenia

"Ukrainian refugees struggling to integrate into Czech school social networks," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10:409 (July 2023) [open access]

- Authors (4) = Czech Rep. (3, incl. lead), Czech Rep./UK (1)

Journal issues:

Białostockie Studia Prawnicze = Bialystok Legal Studies, vol. 28, no. 1 (March 2023) [open access]

- Special issue on migration. 

Central and Eastern European Migration Review, vol. 12, no. 1 (2023) [open access]

- Features two special sections on "Beyond Integration: A Re-Evaluation of Migrant and Host Society Relations" and "Migration Dynamics, Trajectories and Policies in the Context of Russian Full-Scale Aggression against Ukraine."

Social Policy Issues, vol. 59, no. 4 (2022) [open access]

- "This special issue contains papers analysing the phenomenon of Visegrad (V4) countries transforming from typically emigrational to immigrational ones."

Studia Politologiczne, vol. 68 (2023) [open access]

- Special issue with articles discussing the "2022 migration crisis in Europe," with a particular focus on the reception of and attitudes towards Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Books/Book chapters:

"About-face or Camouflage? Hungary and the Refugees from Ukraine," Chapter in EU Responses to the Large-scale Refugee Displacement from Ukraine: An Analysis on the Temporary Protection Directive and Its Implications for the Future EU Asylum Policy (European Univ. Institute, 2023) [open access]

- Scroll to p. 148.

- Author = Hungary

"Civil society organisations and labour market integration: barriers and enablers in seven European countries," Chapter in Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Work Integration in Comparative Perspective (Bristol Univ. Press, 2023) [open access]

- Authors (3) = Czech Rep.

Debating Religion and Forced Migration Entanglements (Springer, 2023) [open access]

- Editors (2) = Poland

"Stabilisation of Emergency Measures: Poland’s Refugee Reception System One Month After the Russian Attack on Ukraine," Chapter in EU Responses to the Large-scale Refugee Displacement from Ukraine: An Analysis on the Temporary Protection Directive and Its Implications for the Future EU Asylum Policy (European Univ. Institute, 2023) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Poland

"Who is the Worst Migrant? Migrant Hierarchies in Populist Radical-Right Rhetoric in Estonia," Chapter in Anxieties of Migration and Integration in Turbulent Times (Springer, 2023) [open access]

- Authors (2) = Estonia

Related post:

- Round-up: OA Articles Published by Authors in the "Global East" (25 Jan. 2023)

Regional Focus: Europe

Short pieces:

Use of Force by Immigration Escorts: The Legal Framework and its Problems (Border Criminologies Blog, July 2023) [text]

- Focuses on the UK.

Volatile Borders? Enacting Physical, Legal, and Social Borders within the EU’s Externalization and Internalization Scheme (RLI Blog, Aug. 2023) [text]

New open access books/book chapters: 

"Co-constructing knowledge of young refugees' lives in Finland: Epistemological notes," Chapter in Young People as Agents of Sustainable Society: Reclaiming the Future (Routledge, June 2023) [open access]

Cosmopolitan Norms and European Values: Ethical Perspectives on Europe's Refugee Policy (Routledge, Aug. 2023) [open access]

- "The EU is often seen as a cosmopolitan project. Europe is supposed to be a community of states that aspires to be guided by cosmopolitan norms. However, the idea of a cosmopolitan Europe has never been unanimously shared, and in recent years, it has come under increasing scrutiny, particularly with regard to the EU’s refugee policy. The guiding idea of this book is that a deeper philosophical understanding of the normative issues at stake can foster greater conceptual clarity and enrich political debates on the future of European refugee policy."

"A Tale of Stranding, Solidarity and Security: Perspectives from EU Asylum Law," Chapter in Imagining the Other: Mimetic Theory, Migration, Exclusionary Politics, and the Ambiguous Other (Innsbruck University Press, 2023) [open access]

Reports & journal articles:

Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2022 (European Migration Network, July 2023) [access]

- Follow link for the full report, summaries and statistical annex.

Denied Passage: The continuous struggle of people on the move pushed-back and stranded at the Italian-French border (Médecins Sans Frontières, Aug. 2023) [text]

"Europeans’ support for refugees of varying background is stable over time," Nature, 9 Aug. 2023 [open access]

- See also related news article and podcast.

Future Shocks 2023: Responding to the instrumentalisation of migration (EPRS, Aug. 2023) [text]

Preventing and responding to deaths at sea: what the European Union can do (EU Fundamental Rights Agency, July 2023) [text]

- See also related guidance on border monitoring mechanisms.

"Search-and-rescue in the Central Mediterranean Route does not induce migration: Predictive modeling to answer causal queries in migration research," Scientific Reports, 13:11014 (Aug. 2023) [open access]

"The Second Displacement of Refugees: Urban Regeneration Against Commoning Practices in Belgrade's Waterfront," Antipode, Early View, 30 July 2023 [open access]

Related posts:

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 1 (2 Aug. 2023)

- Regional Focus: Europe - Pt. 2 (United Kingdom) (2 Aug. 2023)